Eight Moments That Shaped the Campaign
Crucial moments on the 2020 election trail
Photos: AP Images
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Biden Enters the Race
It happened on April 25, 2019. The former vice president, then already 76, released a video declaring his candidacy for president of the United States. In his announcement video he cited what he claimed was Trump’s reaction to the neo-Nazi riots at Charlottesville as his reason for entering the race. At that point there was still a plethora of talented and charismatic candidates in the race, from Elizabeth Warren and Beto O’Rourke to Pete Buttigieg and Cory Booker. While his opponents treated the elderly Biden with respect, they clearly expected to steamroll him in the primaries in a generational change of the guard.
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